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Waves · 06-14-2009, 05:56 PM

yeah i think this is amazing news. its definitely a (small) step in the stabilization of that region.

its really interesting to me to think about the whole modernization of the mid-east, and even other third world areas like africa. those are the nations that are set to see the most change in the next 50 years, as technology increases and all these old weird religious beliefs and hierarchies start to get pushed to the side. just the introduction of cell phones alone made a huge change to those countries.

i was reading this piece on the iranian elections, about how twitter is basically the form of communication now that the government shut down the cell phone network.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.co...ittered-1.html

That a new information technology could be improvised for this purpose so swiftly is a sign of the times. It reveals in Iran what the Obama campaign revealed in the United States. You cannot stop people any longer. You cannot control them any longer. They can bypass your established media; they can broadcast to one another; they can organize as never before.

this is exactly what i have been saying for years. technology is going to save us all. maybe things might change in the mid-east a little sooner than expected?

its actually sort of exciting!

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Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,475 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,021 Times in 2,219 Posts	yeah i think this is amazing news. its definitely a (small) step in the stabilization of that region. its really interesting to me to think about the whole modernization of the mid-east, and even other third world areas like africa. those are the nations that are set to see the most change in the next 50 years, as technology increases and all these old weird religious beliefs and hierarchies start to get pushed to the side. just the introduction of cell phones alone made a huge change to those countries. i was reading this piece on the iranian elections, about how twitter is basically the form of communication now that the government shut down the cell phone network. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.co...ittered-1.html That a new information technology could be improvised for this purpose so swiftly is a sign of the times. It reveals in Iran what the Obama campaign revealed in the United States. You cannot stop people any longer. You cannot control them any longer. They can bypass your established media; they can broadcast to one another; they can organize as never before. this is exactly what i have been saying for years. technology is going to save us all. maybe things might change in the mid-east a little sooner than expected? its actually sort of exciting! __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow Last edited by Waves; 06-14-2009 at 06:22 PM.